[MLS ATTENDANCE] The Montreal Impact drew 60,860 fans, a Canadian pro soccer record, for its 1-1 tie with the Los Angeles Galaxy at Olympic Stadium. The Houston
Dynamo sold out its opener at BBVA Compass Stadium with 22,039 fans on hand for its 1-0 win over D.C. United. For MLS team attendance rankings ...

* The Seattle Sounders drew another
crowd in excess of 39,000 as 39,312 fans watched their 1-0 loss to Real Salt Lake.

* On the other hand, New England, New York, Columbus and FC Dallas all drew crowds of less
than 13,000 games.

* The league-wide attendance after 94 games is 18,815, an increase of 8.7 percent from last year's average of 17,318 after Week 10.

What is D.C. United doing so wrong? Same in New England. There really is no excuse for D.C. United. There is a huge fan base in the Beltway region that can draw fans from as far away as Richmond and Baltimore with ease. Just all the soccer-mad ethnicities in and around D.C. can fill the seats. Why haven't they successfully tapped into all the internationals who come to work in our capitol city -- 10's of thousands who will come out to support the local club where they now live. Also the international students who are at GWU, Georgetown, American U. Maryland, George Mason, trade schools, professional schools, and on and on. Somebody needs to jolt the D.C. United franchise management awake. They are clearly asleep at the switch. United should be averaging better than 25,000 per game. Anything less is thoroughly inexcusable.